Climate change activists disrupted Barclays' annual general meeting for shareholders in Manchester today - with personal alarms set off in the audience and one protester gluing herself to a seat. According to reports the bank's chairman was forced to halt the meeting as security was called in.
The Barclays PLC 2022 AGM was held at 11am at Manchester Central convention complex in the city centre. Environmental activist group Extinction Rebellion said later its members, and those of its sister movement Money Rebellion, were behind the disruption, which it added was launched to demand banks 'stop financing fossil fuels'.
Similar disruptions were also held at Standard Chartered PLC's AGM held in London on Wednesday morning, reported the group. Reports said banking giant Barclays' AGM in Manchester got off to a chaotic start after a series of disruptions from people watching on in the audience.
